CHURCH
\t͡ʃˈɜːt͡ʃ], \tʃˈɜːtʃ], \tʃ_ˈɜː_tʃ]\
Definitions of CHURCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a service conducted in a church; "don't be late for church"
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a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
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the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
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perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"
By Princeton University
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a service conducted in a church; "don't be late for church"
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a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
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the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A building set apart for Christian worship.
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A Jewish or heathen temple.
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A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
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A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
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The collective body of Christians.
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Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
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The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
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To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
By Oddity Software
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A building set apart for Christian worship.
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A Jewish or heathen temple.
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A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
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A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
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The collective body of Christians.
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Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
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The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
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To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
By Noah Webster.
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A building set apart for divine worship; the entire body of Christians; a particular body of Christians; clergymen collectively.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A building for Christian worship.
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A distinct body of Christians; also, all Christian believers collectively.
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The clergy.
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Churchly.
By James Champlin Fernald
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